1. أسير حزنٍ كلف

    نضو سقامٍ دنف

    A captive of grief, love-stricken,

    wasted by sickness, gravely ill.

  2. لم يخل جفن عينه

    من عبراتٍ تكف

    His eyelid has never been free

    of tears that drip.

  3. قد فعل الحب به

    أكثر مما أصف

    Love has indeed done to him

    more than I can describe.

  4. بين ضلوعي كبدٌ

    حرى وقلبٌ يجف

    Between my ribs is a liver

    burning, and a heart that pounds.

  5. والنفس بالذل لكم

    مقرةٌ تعترف

    And my soul, abased before you,

    acknowledges it and confesses.

  6. كأن قلبي كرةٌ

    يخطفها مختطف

    It is as though my heart were a ball,

    snatched away by a snatcher.

  7. أصرف همي بالمنى

    لو أنه ينصرف

    I turn my sorrow aside with wishes—

    if only it would depart!

  8. والحب لا يعرفه

    إلا المحب الكلف

    And no one knows love

    but the love-stricken lover.

  9. يعلم من يظلمني

    أني لا أنتصف

    The one who wrongs me knows

    that I obtain no redress.

  10. سقياً لأيامٍ مضت

    وليس منها خلف

    May rain bless the days gone by,

    and there is nothing to replace them,

  11. وعيشنا مجتمعٌ

    وشملنا موتلف

    when our life was shared

    and our company was united.